Mega Millions Jackpot

December 18, 2013

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Jenny's Gift Shop owner Thuy Nguyen, right, accepts a $1 million check from California lottery sales representative Mona Sanders Wednesday in San Jose. Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday's near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California. Thuy Nguyen, says he doesn't know who the bought the winning ticket, but it's likely someone he knows, as most of his customers are his friends.

Jenny's Gift Shop owner Thuy Nguyen, right, accepts a $1 million check from California lottery sales representative Mona Sanders Wednesday in San Jose. Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday's near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California. Thuy Nguyen, says he doesn't know who the bought the winning ticket, but it's likely someone he knows, as most of his customers are his friends.